Cucumber Melon Sea Salt Scrub DIY

Cucumber is such a soothing and refreshing fragrance. It’s the perfect scent to relax and rejuvenate. Earlier this week, I mixed it with lavender to create Cucumber & Lavender Bath Bombs. Now that our skin has been treated to a hot bath, the next step in the home spa experience is to scrub away dead skin. This Cucumber Sea Salt Scrub does the trick.

Fine grained Dead Sea salt is great for the body, but can be a little scratchy on gentle facial skin. The amount of salt in this recipe provides gentle exfoliation. If you prefer something “scrubbier,” feel free to add more salt to suit your preference. We also created free printable labels for this scrub! Simply add download the label and print the labels on waterproof label paper.

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ONE: In a large bowl, use a hand mixer (or a stand mixer) to break up the Foaming Bath Butter and whip it into a smooth, light and fluffy texture.

TWO: Add the cucumber extract, and Cucumber Melon Fragrance Oil. Use the mixer to fully incorporate the ingredients.A note about preservatives: Because the Foaming Bath Butter already contains a preservative, an additional preservative was not used in this recipe. If you would like to add a preservative, a .5% usage rate is recommended so as to not over preserve the product. Read more in the Talk It Out Tuesday: Preservatives post.

THREE: Add the fine grained Dead Sea salt and jojoba beads. Use the mixer to fully blend the ingredients together. Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary to make sure everything is combined.

FOUR: Scoop the scrub into jars. Enjoy! To use, apply to damp skin and gently scrub the product. This scrub is suited for the legs and body, but may be a little harsh for gentle facial skin.

This salt scrub gives the body gentle exfoliation, and also cleanses the skin.

Author: Soap Queen

Recipe type: Scrub

Serves: five 8 oz. jars

Ingredients

5 Tall 8 oz. Bail Jars

20 oz. Foaming Bath Butter

0.3 oz. Cucumber Extract

30 oz. Fine Grained Dead Sea Salt

1 oz. Forest Green Jojoba Beads

0.2 oz. Cucumber Melon Fragrance Oil

Instructions

In a large bowl, use a hand mixer (or a stand mixer) to break up the Foaming Bath Butter and whip it into a smooth, light and fluffy texture.

Add the cucumber extract, and Cucumber Melon Fragrance Oil. Use the mixer to fully incorporate the ingredients. A note about preservatives: because the Foaming Bath Butter already contains a preservative, an additional preservative was not used in this recipe. If you would like to add a preservative, a .5% usage rate is recommended so as to not over preserve the product. Read more in the Talk It Out Tuesday: Preservatives post.

Add the fine grained Dead Sea salt and jojoba beads. Use the mixer to fully blend the ingredients together. Use a spatula to scrape the sides of the bowl as necessary to make sure everything is combined.

Scoop the scrub into jars. Enjoy! To use, apply to damp skin and gently scrub the product. This scrub is suited for the legs and body, but may be a little harsh for gentle facial skin.

Hi,
I made the sea salt scrub and I really like it! Thanks for the recipe.
Anyway I would like some more moisturizing/nourishing to my Recipe. I thought about avocado oil, does that make sense? If yes, how much?
Any other recommendation?
Thank you so much, your website is wonderful and I keep coming back all the time.

I’d like to make this scrub with the addition of Avocado oil and Shea butter. Can I also add the collodial oatmeal and maybe substitue cucumber extract for mallow?
If so, how much oatmeal should I add?
Thanks for your help!

Can i use the emulsifying scrub recipe as a base to make a salt scrub? i will use salt as the exfoliant maybe with blue/green jojoba beads or a coloring to give the scrub a nice color for a sea theme along with a recommended scent? will that work out to be a nice scrub? I really like emulsifying scrub idea.

another question: What is the difference between a basic emulsifying scrub and the scrubs with the natural/ castille soap with a butter and sugar/salt added? how do the characteristics differ?

We haven’t done a lot of testing with seaweed flakes, so I’m not sure how they work. I would recommend making a small test batch, adding the flakes, and seeing how it does. If you like the way they look and feel, you can add it to a larger batch. 🙂

hi,,
sorry so many questions should have asked all @ once but things come to my mind after lol anyway should i use a preservative because takin it in the shower and if so how much do i add in the scrub & when to add it? thx 🙂

No worries Bernita, we’re happy to help! Because the Foaming Bath Butter already contains a preservative, we didn’t use an extra one in this recipe. If you would like to add a preservative, a .5% usage rate is recommended so as to not over preserve the product. Optiphen or Phenonip will work nicely. 🙂

If you like, you can leave the Foaming Bath Butter out and use a butter instead! Avocado or shea butter would feel awesome. With the avocado butter you can whip as is. The shea we recommend cutting into small pieces and then whipping. That will create a fluffy, moisturizing texture.

With the butter, the scrub can feel a bit greasy. If you want to cut that down, you can add potassium cocoate or liquid soap. That will add some cleansing properties and cut some of the heavy butter feeling. 🙂

How much soap and butter you use depends on the consistency you want. If you want a stiffer, fluffier consistency, you can start with a 4:1 ratio of butter to soap and adjust from there. If you prefer a looser and more cleansing scrub, you can start with 2:1.

For the preservative, you can use Phenonip or Optiphen at 1% of the total weight of the scrub.

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